COSTA MESA, Calif., July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TROY Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in on-demand security printing, was named the 2008 HP Worldwide Solutions Business Partner of the Year during the HP Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) 2008 Worldwide Solutions Business Conference. Out of more than 110 HP Imaging and Printing Solution Business Partners, TROY was selected based on an evaluation of sales results, marketing investments, contribution to HP's enterprise ecosystem and regional expansion. Ever since the company was selected as the worldwide Gold Partner for Check Printing Security Solutions in the HP Solutions Business Partner program last year, TROY has been committed to helping with HP's initiative to develop more enterprise relationships. "Being selected as the HP Worldwide Solutions Business Partner of the Year is an honor for TROY," states Larry Landtiser, Executive Vice President and General Manager for TROY. "TROY has been a close business partner with HP for over 15 years, developing new solutions for securely printing important documents on-demand, and we are pleased to be recognized for our efforts." Throughout the past year, TROY has worked with HP to close large deals involving key enterprise customers, developed marketing tools to train the HP sales teams and collaborated with HP's teams to produce presentations, datasheets and other material integral to selling TROY Security Printing Solutions. In addition, TROY has helped build the IPG enterprise ecosystem by collaborating with two independent solutions vendors (ISVs) to develop customized vertical offerings for HP customers. TROY has also expanded its international team by creating more active partnering in regions across the world, showing their increased investment in HP. "TROY worked very hard the last year to tighten its relationship with HP and we are delighted to reward TROY for those efforts with our 2008 Partner of the Year award," said David Laing, partner program manager, Global Enterprise Business, HP. "Our longstanding relationship has been beneficial to both companies, and we're looking forward to working together to solve customer challenges in the future." As a Gold partner, TROY supplies HP with a full range of security printing solutions for sale by the HP sales organization to its largest enterprise customers throughout the world. About TROY Group TROY Group, Inc. ("TROY") is a worldwide leader of on-demand security printing solutions. TROY solutions manage, secure and simplify end-to-end enterprise printing environments. TROY offers application software, security printing hardware and specialized consumables for securely printing checks, money orders, transcripts, prescriptions and other important documents. TROY solutions are used by small and medium size businesses as well as large enterprises and governmental organizations to manage fraud, operational risk and comply with government regulations related to protecting information privacy. As a Gold Solutions Partner to HP, TROY is the only company in the world authorized by HP to enhance HP printers and consumables for use in secure printing workflows. Only TROY Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) and Security printers and HP compatible MICR Toner cartridges are certified by HP for quality and reliability. TROY sells and services its products to major corporations, banks, key government accounts and distributors worldwide. Visit TROY at http://www.troygroup.com/. Forward-looking statements of TROY (statements that are not historical fact) in this news release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may be identified by terms such as believe, expect, may, will, estimate, could and should, and the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but, are not limited to, the ability to sell investments when needed, the ability to develop new products, the ability to hire and retain qualified management, technology and other personnel, the impact of competition from existing and new technologies and companies and the other factors set forth in our periodic reports and other documents that we distribute from time to time which are available in our financial statements under certain important factors on our website TROYgroup.com or pinksheets.com. Statements included in this news release are based upon information known to TROY as of the date of this release, and TROY assumes no obligation to update information contained in this news release. Note to Editors: TROY is a registered trademark of TROY Group, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders. For More Information Contact: John Hodgson, Director of Marketing TROY Group, Inc. 3 Bryan Drive Wheeling, WV 26003-6121 (304) 232-0899 (304) 232-0996 Fax http://www.troygroup.com/ DATASOURCE: TROY Group, Inc. CONTACT: John Hodgson, Director of Marketing of TROY Group, Inc., +1-304-232-0899, fax, +1-304-232-0996 Web site: http://www.troygroup.com/

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